Month: April 2018

LVEVA Picture Gallery for National Drive Electric Week at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas on Sept. 8th

The Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association co-hosted a kickoff event for National Drive Electric Week on Saturday, September 8th at the Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89107 from 10 AM to 2 PM:

https://driveelectricweek.org/event.php?eventid=1276

Partners and exhibitors for this event included NV Energy Renewable Generations and PowerShift programs, Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter, Nevada Electric Vehicle Accelerator (NEVA) program from REA250, Drive Clean Energy program from Green Alliance of Nevada, Nevada Conservation League, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, FIRST Nevada Robotics Team from Clark High School, Net Zero Brokers, and University of Nevada-Las Vegas Formula SAE race team.

Pictures of the event are shown below:

Electric conversion of a kit car replica of 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe.
Original Tesla Roadster owned by David Morse
Photovoltaic solar panels track the sun to provide electrons to four ChargePoint AC Level 2 stations at Springs Preserve during an electric car rally that attracted 45 plug-in vehicles.
Exhibit booths from local vendors and non-profit organizations provided educational outreach.
Renewable Generations exhibit trailer from NV Energy provided information about incentive programs from the utility that encouraged the use of renewable energy and installation of EV charging station infrastructure throughout the state of Nevada.
More than 20 Tesla owners attended the kickoff event at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas for National Drive Electric Week.

Mark Larsen, an annual visitor and long-distance traveler from St. George, Utah, also posted pictures and video on his website at this link:

http://bit.ly/ndew18lv